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worship the golden image which thou hast set up. He read the last verse twice, emphasizing the nots, and dwelling on them as if they gave him actual pleasure, and were hard to part with. They were silent a minute, and then Arthur said, Yes, thats a glorious story, but it dont prove your point, Tom, I think. There are times when there is only one way, and that the highest, and then the men are found to stand in the breach. Theres always a highest way, and its always the right one, said Tom. How many times has the Doctor told us that in his sermons in the last year, I should like to know! Well, you aint going to convince usis he, Arthur? No Brown compromise to-night, said East, looking at his watch. But its past eight, and we must go to first lesson. What a bore! So they took down their books and fell to work; but Arthur didnt forget, and thought long and often over the conversation. |
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